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5 Pitch Ideas For PR Pros When There Is No News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Often companies have surveys or case studies that contain great data points. The Oxford dictionary defines it as “ The practice of taking advantage of current events or news stories in such a way as to promote or advertise one’s product or brand. ” . Data points drive press.

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13 stories about the future of news

Stephen Waddington

Local news is most valued but is on life support. The report is based on data collected from a series of surveys of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets. Consumption of printed newspapers has fallen as lockdowns undermine physical distribution. Print is down but digital is booming. Here are the main findings.

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Everything is Measurable in PR

Shift Communications

Virtually everything in marketing, advertising, and PR is measurable. For example, if I get a small mention in the local newspaper about SHIFT Communications that doesn’t have attribution, a clickstream, or a call to action, it would take an extensive research project to find out the true impact of that article.

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Why PR Needs to Get Over its Strong Aversion to Sponsored Content

Sword and the Script

You buy some advertising and magically you also start getting coverage. One former employer bought a full-page ad in a major local newspaper, and after that, every pitch I sent in seemed to merit an interview and an article. PR has traditionally had a strong aversion to advertising , so the answers surprised me.

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Almanac: Challenges and opportunities for public relations 2022

Stephen Waddington

These companies have a stranglehold on advertising and have effectively become a tax on small and medium-sized business. Government (41%) and religious leaders (42%) are least trusted while local communities (62%), employers (63%) and scientists (73%) are the most trusted. Three decades on I’m less positive. Facebook took down 1.3

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. The survey received 177 answers in total to this question. I talk with reporters at newspapers and other news outlets to convince them to write a story about my company.”.

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#18: The future of storytelling in healthcare communications

NewsWhip

Media consumption habits and local news | Jump to text. Influence of local newspapers | Jump to text. I would say that the fruits of our labor can be anything from a story in the Wall Street Journal, to a local TV segment on CBS, to a sponsored article within women’s books, but we don’t throw spaghetti on the wall.